Bellwald adds a "Play Trail" to the bike park | Ride MTB

Bellwald adds a "Play Trail" to the bike park

Bikepark Bellwald is busy building as part of Vision 2024. Following the first new trail, the "Forest Bump", the Upper Valais-based company has opened the "Sliderman" section. The so-called "Play Trail" with its numerous fun elements is the technical extension to the Forest Bump and appeals to mountain bikers who like to play and jump on their mountain bikes.

From mid-August to mid-October 2021, the company Vast Trails rebuilt the existing blue trail. The result is a red-rated trail with playful but all rollable elements that leads into the Forest Bump Trail. Step-up and step-down jumps, jumps with changes of direction, hip and table jumps of various sizes and large berms are lined up over a distance of around 1200 meters. In between, rock formations provide variety and speed reduction in equal measure. According to Severin Schindler from Vast Trails, the section is a continuation of the Forest Bump trail, spiced up with a pinch of dirt jump.

The trail sounds like a lot of fun to ride, as confirmed by the riders of the Swiss downhill formation "Team Project", who took part in the camera tour before the iXS Downhill Cup in Bellwald. It is therefore not just for absolute professionals. The target group is bike park enthusiasts with a playful riding style. Those who no longer find the Forest Bump challenging can try the Sliderman.

The Bellwald sports lifts will replace the old 2-seater chairlift with a 6-seater chairlift next year. In future, up to four mountain bikes can be transported per chair. The bike park will therefore not be open in the 2022 season. However, construction work is continuing on Vision 2024. Next year, another five-kilometre trail will be built in the upper section.bikeparkbellwald.com


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